DISCLAIMER: I am not a PS3 or 360 fanboy. I am not a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD zealot. I am simply providing a point of view. Thanks for reading.
HD-DVD from Toshiba and Blu-Ray from Sony have been going toe to toe for a long time to claim superiority in the battle of the next gen media format. Whilst DVD itself is a secure format, the two afore mentioned formats offer high definition playback to media consumers looking for something a bit more premium.
Perhaps HD-DVD and Blu-Ray have gained the most attention in the video game console markets. It is in here that Microsoft and their Xbox 360 adopted HD-DVD whilst Sony and Playstation 3 chose Blu-Ray.
Technically both formats are reasonably similar with the exception that Blu-Ray can handle 50GB on a dual-layer disc compared to HD-DVD's dual-layer capacity being 30GB. Both formats have been well supported on a movie front with the occassional studio being paid to be exclusive to a certain format. For example Dreamworks were exclusive to HD-DVD and Warner Bros. recently became exclusive to Blu-Ray.
However the demise of HD-DVD was probably caused by a factor not related to the movie studios. Allow me to explain. Sony's PS3 incorporated the Blu-Ray drive into it's harware architecture. This meant that for every Playstation 3 sold, via way of a technicality, so was a Blu-Ray player. Additionally the PS3 games all come on Blu-Ray discs.
On the other hand, Microsoft sold it's Xbox 360 with HD-DVD drive as an optional extra. Consider also that Xbox 360 games were not sold on HD-DVD format. Essentially Microsoft were providing their userbase with the option to access High Definition movies for an additional price.
Now consider the total sales to date for Xbox 360 and PS3. Discount the fact the PS3 has had less time to make an impact than the competition and look at the rough sales figures to date. Xbox 360 has sold around 17.42m units whilst PS3 has sold around 10.7m units.
BUT the difference is whilst PS3 by virtue of it's hardware architecture has also sold 10.7m Blu-Ray players, reports say that of the 17.42m userbase there has still been only 10% adoption rate on the optional HD-DVD unit.
Granted Blu-Ray and HD-DVD were both available in standalone players for movie fans. BUT I can't help but feel that if Microsoft had chosen to make the HD-DVD drive part of it's internal architecture I believe it would be a battle that would still be going strong right now, or even that would have left Blu-Ray feeling distinctly bluer than they are right now!!
The Final Fantasy VII Rebirth combat director has expressed that he wants the final part in the trilogy to offer players "even more freedom".
I love the game so far but please don’t make the final part a mini game fest
Everytime I get to a new part in Rebirth it’s “mini game time”
Hope ya don't mind me asking since it seems like you've played it, did it feel like a decent step up from the last game or was it more like the best from the last but more polished?
It makes Remake feel like a demo.
9.5/10 imo. And I think the “mini games” did a great job of adding variety to the gameplay. Purely optional as well.
I had a weird cycle of love/hate for all the mini games as I played through. At first I really hated the seeming need to check all these boxes while exploring the grasslands. I didn't enjoy the Gilgamesh quest initially, and thought Queen's blood was fine but didn't want to commit to it. The side quests didn't really grab me either.
Then for some reason everything in Junon region changed my mind and I did pretty much everything. I liked most of the side quests, I actually liked playing fort condor (didn't care for it in the intergrade dlc). And my interest for completing these quests stayed pretty much through to Cosmo Canyon.
Then they added that horrible Lifestream memory/battle mini game and I started getting so burnt out of it all. I just wanted to do the story. I didn't do any side quests in neibleheim and beyond except for the summon. I abandoned Gilgamesh.
So what I'm saying is I would like the third part to go back to the focused progression from remake. Keep the mini games to the gold saucer. Start the game snowboarding if you want, but from there keep the story rolling.
Wccf tech writes: "Kingdom Come Deliverance 2's scope was impacted by the Xbox Series S hardware limitations, as developers could only make a game that was 25% bigger than its predecessor."
This is the issue with things like this
Xbox Series X is apparently to MS the worlds most powerful console
However the Series S is obviously a limitation because it’s underpowered and developers have to go for parity.
So what’s the point of the world’s most powerful console if you are holding third party developers back? They aren’t going to push themselves if they have to think about the weakest console.
The issue wouldn’t be as bad if it was just Xbox but you are also affecting the PS version aswell
I think developers need to start just taking advantage of a console and if one of them can’t do X Y and Z then f*** them…why should the others suffer. What’s MS going to do? The bigger the franchise the least chance MS are going to tell them to f*** off. Baulders Gate 3 seemed to have stood their ground and suddenly their “strict” parity rule didn’t really matter. We suddenly got super optimisation efforts for the Series S that got things sorted.
I agree, and the sad part is use normal folk saw it the second they announced their plans.
More info from the author of the article, I think: https://www.reddit.com/r/ki...
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"1) I was told this info from the producer of the game Martin Klíma.
2) He specifically said the game will have only one mode.
3) And this mode is 4K 30 on PS5/XSX and 1440p 30 on XSS.
4) He said that the game is already running north of the 30 FPS cap so the performance should be stable on launch, much better than KCD1.
5) The limitation was XSS because of the 10GB memory. He said that's why they wanted to make the game 25% larger.
6) Speculation on my part: the output resolution is probably upscaled and the reason why there won't be a 60 FPS mode is because it'll most likely be very CPU heavy, like Dragon's Dogma 2 for example."
Doesn't seem like they're adding a 40fps mode on PS5/Series X for launch even if they can handle it.
I'd much rather have 1440p/60fps or even 45fps. Having just one, even with the Series S in mind, is disappointing.
Remember when xbots were adamant that the series s won’t hold back the gen?
Microsoft just needs to let go of the mandatory parity. Who cares if your grandma doesn’t understand that a game cannot be played on the S. It’s not like it she can buy you a physical game for it anyway. Before buying the game put up a notice that it only works on series X. If you’re buying for a friend-allow for a refund.
Bam. Everyone is happy. Most series s owners are for casuals that want Game Pass anyway and most likely don’t purchase most games.
If the developers want it to run on S, let them figure it out.
“During the event, the Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 producer also revealed that on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, the game will run at 4K resolution and 30 frames per second“
Another “creative decision” right? 🤦♂️
Since you're not an amateur and clearly know more than them, can you over there and help get the game running on the S without having to sacrifice their true vision. Us gamers would really appreciate you using your wisdom for good 🙏
Thousands of games run just fine on S.
But Kingdom Come is the game that can’t. Must be one hell of a game!
Custom Controller Company HexGaming launched a Kickstarter campaign for their latest pro controller, Hex Phantom. - IS
Microsoft don't like taking risks, or putting their faith in a product. Sony, on the other hand, took plenty of risks this generation (the biggest of which being Blu-Ray) and came out on top. That has to leave Microsoft a little sore.
Eventually, MS will include a Blu-Ray player in the 360, but it'll no doubt burn a hole in your pocket.